Why Sponsor or Exhibit | FinTech Connect 2026 | Excel London, 1-2 December
Sponsorship & Exhibition  ·  Excel London  ·  1-2 December 2026

Your buyers are
already coming.

5,000+ senior financial services professionals. Group CIOs. Heads of Payments. CISOs. CFOs. Chief Risk Officers. The people who sign the decisions. The question is whether your product is in the room.

5,000+
Senior attendees
120+
Banks in the room
250+
Speakers
59
Countries represented
FinTech Connect 2025 exhibition hall
FinTech Connect 2025 - Excel London
Networking at FinTech Connect 2025
Networking
Exhibition stands at FinTech Connect 2025
Exhibition Floor
Speaker session at FinTech Connect 2025
On Stage
The numbers - FinTech Connect 2025

The room where your
buyers make decisions.

These are not vanity metrics. This is what exhibitors experienced in 2025 - and what scales in 2026.

120+
Banks with coordinated teams on site

Not one delegate but entire buying functions - technology, payments, risk and compliance together in the building for two days.

82%
Hold direct budget authority

The majority of attendees arrive with active mandates and the authority to sign them off. This is a procurement environment, not a learning environment.

2
Days to compress a six-month sales cycle

First meetings, demos, procurement introductions and follow-up conversations all happen across two days. Exhibitors consistently report their fastest pipeline progression of the year.

Why Sponsor or Exhibit

Built for commercial
outcomes. Not just visibility.

FinTech Connect is designed around buyer density. The attendees in the room are senior decision-makers with real procurement mandates - not passive learners. Every package is built around getting you in front of them.

01
Qualified lead generation

Get in front of teams actively evaluating and procuring fintech and financial technology. FinTech Connect is built around buyer density, not raw visitor numbers. The people in the room are there to make decisions.

02
Direct access to bank buying teams

We design the experience for groups - senior teams across payments, technology, compliance and transformation attending together. Reach the whole buying committee in one room, not just one contact across months of outreach.

03
Own the infrastructure conversation

Position your experts on the stages where core modernisation, tokenisation, regtech and banking infrastructure are being debated. Seven specialist tracks mean your message reaches the exact right vertical, every time.

04
Sponsorship built around access

A logo on a wall is not sponsorship. Every package at FinTech Connect is built around structured access to senior decision-makers - through meeting bookings, branded stages, roundtables and high-traffic exhibition presence.

Why FinTech Connect

What you get that
no other event delivers.

Most events give you visibility. FinTech Connect gives you access to buyers who are actively evaluating solutions.

🎯
The whole buying team, not one delegate

Banks send coordinated teams across technology, payments, risk and compliance. You meet the Group CIO, the Head of Payments and the CISO in the same two days - not over six months of separate diary requests.

🏗️
Seven tracks aligned to the mandates you sell into

Digital Assets & Tokenisation. Payments Innovation. Financial Security & Compliance. AI in Finance. Digital Transformation. Corporate Finance Innovation. FinTech Marketing & Growth. Each track is a concentrated pool of attendees with a specific function mandate.

🎤
Thought leadership that opens doors

Sponsorship packages include speaking opportunities, panel participation and content partnership. Position your team as practitioners alongside regulators and bank executives - not as vendors presenting to a half-empty room.

📋
Qualified pipeline, not raw badge data

FinTech Connect's hosted meetings programme and Engagement Pathways mean your stand receives visitors who have been matched to your solution category before they arrive - not random foot traffic.

The Audience

Who you will
be in the room with.

FinTech Connect brings together the full financial services ecosystem. Select an audience group to see who attends, what seniority they hold, and why they show up.

Bank teams at FinTech Connect 2025
Tier 1, Tier 2 and Challenger Banks

HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and more - sending multi-function teams.

Digital Transformation Payments Innovation Financial Security AI in Finance
Seniority and function
Group CIO / CTO / Chief Digital Officer
Technology strategy, platform modernisation, vendor selection
Head of Payments / Transaction Banking Director
Payment rails, scheme strategy, embedded finance roadmap
Chief Risk Officer / Head of Financial Crime
AML, sanctions, RegTech evaluation, DORA compliance
Vendor evaluation at scale

120+ banks send senior technology buyers to assess solutions across payments, AI, compliance and transformation - all in one building over two days.

Regulatory direction before the deadline

FCA and Bank of England speakers confirmed. Peer benchmarking on DORA, the EU AI Act and operational resilience requirements.

Financial institutions at FinTech Connect 2025
Payments, Asset Management and Market Infrastructure

Mastercard, Visa, Worldpay, BlackRock, State Street, BNY Mellon and 400+ institutions across payments and capital markets.

Payments Innovation Digital Assets RegTech
Seniority and function
Head of Payments / Head of Acquiring
Transaction banking, payment infrastructure, processing
CIO / Head of Investment Strategy
Portfolio management, digital assets, tokenisation
Head of Custody / Fund Services Directors
Post-trade, asset servicing, CASS compliance
Infrastructure and platform decisions

Evaluate payment rails, market infrastructure and post-trade platforms with vendors alongside peer institutions.

Partnership and market intelligence

Meet fintechs building next-generation infrastructure and understand where tokenisation and embedded finance are heading.

Corporate finance leaders at FinTech Connect 2025
CFOs, Treasurers and Finance Transformation Leaders

FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 finance functions. A new audience at FinTech Connect 2026 - significant new buyer group for treasury, ERP and B2B payments vendors.

Corporate Finance Innovation Digital Transformation
Seniority and function
CFO / Group CFO / Finance Director
Financial strategy, ERP transformation, AI-driven reporting
Group Treasurer / Head of Cash and Liquidity
Treasury technology, cash visibility, cross-border payments
Head of Finance Transformation / ERP Director
Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report automation
Treasury technology evaluation

Assess the platforms transforming liquidity management, cash visibility and cross-border treasury operations - with live vendor demonstrations.

New audience for 2026

CFOs and treasurers are a net-new segment at FinTech Connect 2026 - a significant new buyer group for treasury, ERP and B2B payments vendors.

Fintech companies at FinTech Connect 2025
FinTech Companies, Scaleups and Technology Vendors

Revolut, Monzo, Wise, Adyen, Stripe, Checkout.com and hundreds of fintech companies from early-stage to global scaleup.

AI in Finance FinTech Marketing Digital Transformation
Seniority and function
CEO / Co-Founder / CTO / CPO
Company strategy, product direction, fundraising
VP Partnerships / Commercial Director
Enterprise sales, bank channel development, alliances
Head of Growth / Head of Revenue
B2B pipeline, market expansion, revenue acceleration
Direct access to enterprise buyers

The banks, financial institutions and corporates evaluating fintech vendors are all in this building. Two days replaces six months of outreach.

Partnership pipeline and category positioning

Build commercial relationships with distribution partners and position your company in front of the buyers and investors whose decisions matter.

Investors at FinTech Connect 2025
VCs, Growth Equity and Corporate Venture

Accel, Index Ventures, Balderton, Atomico, Anthemis and strategic corporate investors - attendance by curation.

Across all 7 tracks
Seniority and function
General Partner / Managing Partner
Fund strategy, portfolio oversight, new investment decisions
Investment Director / Head of Fintech
Sector coverage, deal sourcing, due diligence
Corporate Venture Lead / Strategic Investment Director
Innovation scouting, strategic partnership evaluation
Concentrated deal flow

Live demos and pitches at the Startup Launchpad. The most promising growth-stage fintech companies in one place - no cold outreach required.

Market intelligence and portfolio acceleration

Understand where bank budgets are moving and help portfolio companies build the enterprise buyer relationships that actually close.

Regulators and policymakers at FinTech Connect 2025
FCA, Bank of England and International Regulators

Policy advisors, regulatory compliance officers and legal experts setting the standards that define global financial infrastructure.

Financial Security and Compliance Corporate Finance
Seniority and function
Policy Advisors / Regulatory Counsel
DORA, EU AI Act, AML reform, digital asset regulation
Regulatory Compliance Officers
Operational risk, regulatory change management
Central Bank Representatives
CBDC, payment system oversight, prudential regulation
FCA and Bank of England confirmed

Speakers from the UK's primary financial regulators confirmed for 2026. Direct access to the people writing the rules your business must follow.

Policy direction before implementation

Understand DORA, the EU AI Act, escalated AML reform and digital asset regulation before the deadlines land on your compliance team's desk.

Commercial Performance

Your buyers are here.
In volume. With mandates.

FinTech Connect 2026 is structured to increase institutional participation. More senior decision-makers, more active buying conversations, stronger commercial ROI for every exhibitor on the floor.

36%
of attendees are institutional decision-makers from banks, financial institutions and corporates with active procurement mandates
120+
banks sending senior technology, payments and risk buyers specifically to evaluate solutions across fintech and financial services
5,000+
total attendees - the UK's most concentrated fintech audience over two focused days at Excel London

Multi-stakeholder access in one visit

Bank teams attend as groups. You meet the technology lead, the payments head and the compliance director in the same two days - not across three months of separate calendar invites.

Active procurement conversations

Attendees arrive with mandates and budgets already approved. This is not a browsing audience - it's a buying audience that justified attendance to their organisation before arriving.

New Corporate Finance audience in 2026

CFOs, treasurers and finance transformation leaders from FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies are a new segment at FinTech Connect 2026 - a significant new buyer group for treasury, ERP and B2B payments vendors.

Commercial packages built around your goals

Stand space, track sponsorship, headline partnerships and more. Our team builds the right package for your objectives and budget - no off-the-shelf pricing, no hard sell.

2025 Sponsors and Exhibitors

In good
company.

The companies below sponsored and exhibited at FinTech Connect 2025. 2026 spaces are open now - early enquiries get first choice of positioning and tier.

Digital Assets Corporate Finance Payments RegTech Digital Transformation AI in Finance FinTech Marketing
Exclusive opportunity
Sponsor a content track - one per track, no exceptions

Each of the 7 content tracks has one exclusive track sponsor. Your brand is positioned as the lead partner for that entire audience segment - across the stage, the dedicated landing page, pre-event email campaigns and onsite signage. One company per track. Once it's gone, it's gone.

Ask about track sponsorship
Platinum sponsors
Gold sponsors
Silver sponsors
Other sponsors
See all 2025 sponsors and exhibitors
Sponsorship Opportunities

More than a booth.
Built for outcomes.

Every touchpoint at FinTech Connect - on the show floor and beyond - is designed to put you in front of the right people at the right moment.

On the Show Floor
Exhibit and Activate
  • Premium Exhibition Stands
    High-traffic positions where procurement conversations happen - with branding, meeting space and product demo areas built in.
  • Keynote Stage Sponsorship
    Align your brand with the conversations shaping financial infrastructure in front of the full 5,000+ audience.
  • Private Meeting Rooms
    Book structured one-to-one meetings with the senior buyers you want to meet most. No chance encounters required.
  • Startup Pods
    Cost-effective visibility for early-stage companies looking to generate traction and investor interest on the floor.
Beyond the Floor
Extend Your Reach
  • Innovation Stage
    Present your solution to a captive, high-intent audience actively evaluating technology for deployment.
  • Host a Roundtable
    Lead a closed-door conversation with senior decision-makers in your target vertical. Structured, intimate, high-value.
  • Media and Content Channels
    Get featured across pre and post-event content reaching the full FinTech Connect community before and after the show.
  • Startup Launchpad Pitch
    Put your product in front of investors and potential partners on the main stage during the Startup Launchpad.
Every sponsor is different. Let us build your package.

Work with our team to create a sponsorship package built around your specific goals - whether that is brand awareness, lead generation, deep buyer access or all three. No off-the-shelf packages required.

High-Intent Meetings That Convert

Built for meetings
that lead somewhere.

FinTech Connect is designed for meetings that move conversations forward. Whether you're attending or exhibiting, the environment is built to connect you with the right people - quickly, and in context.

01
Pre-matched meetings

The AI-powered app matches exhibitors to the buyers most likely to need their solution before the show opens. Your pipeline starts before you arrive.

02
Structured meeting zones

Dedicated areas on the exhibition floor designed for focused, distraction-free conversations. First meetings happen here. Demos happen here.

03
Two days of follow-up momentum

First meetings, demos and procurement introductions happen across two compressed days - the fastest pipeline progression of the year for most exhibitors.

04
Post-show continuity

Connections that start at FinTech Connect continue well beyond the venue. It's a commercial relationship that compounds.

From introduction to introduction

Introductions turn into follow-ups, follow-ups turn into pilots, and conversations continue long after the show closes. Most exhibitors report FinTech Connect as their highest-quality pipeline event of the year.

The whole committee, not one stakeholder

Banks attend as groups. You're not booking one meeting - you're accessing the full decision-making function across technology, payments, compliance and risk in a single two-day window.

Conversation in context

Meeting a Head of Payments on the day their track covers cross-border settlement creates a very different conversation to a cold call two months later. Context changes everything.

Don't let your competitors
get in first.

Whether you're looking to attend or exhibit, FinTech Connect brings the industry into one place. For exhibitors, that means access to a high-value audience at the exact moment decisions are being shaped.

Excel London  ·  1-2 December 2026  ·  No commitment required to enquire  ·  Media pack available on request